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I have this as well, I remember as a kid they'd try to hold me down for shots, I hated shots but I usually would thrash and flip out because I was
being held down. It makes me feel like I'm being suffocated or something similar.

Just the other day when I was watching POTC, there was a scene when Jack was handcuffed to a chair...it drove me nuts. lol

Slimy logs. Not spiders, snakes, the dark, heights or anything else. Slimy logs. I think it may have something to do with the color and look/texture
of said logs under the water. I am terrified to the point of screaming and crying. I refuse to make friendly with the slimy logs.

I have this as well, I remember as a kid they'd try to hold me down for shots, I hated shots but I usually would thrash and flip out because I was
being held down. It makes me feel like I'm being suffocated or something similar.

Just the other day when I was watching POTC, there was a scene when Jack was handcuffed to a chair...it drove me nuts. lol

I have this as well, I remember as a kid they'd try to hold me down for shots, I hated shots but I usually would thrash and flip out because I was
being held down. It makes me feel like I'm being suffocated or something similar.

Just the other day when I was watching POTC, there was a scene when Jack was handcuffed to a chair...it drove me nuts. lol

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I have three fears myself. One, snakes. I don't care if they are poisonous or not. I hate them. This I got from living in the mountains as a child.
Rattlesnakes were big and plentiful there. Second, sharks. Hate them as well. When I lived in Florida I witnessed another child get ripped in half by
a great white that happened to follow the ships into the harbor. Third, heights. My step father held over the side of a beach house by my ankles when
I was very young, Scared the piss out of me.

Acrophobia.
And it only gets worse if the object on which I am standing is touching or appears to touch ground.
Which is to say, I can be carted around in a plane to my hearts content, but if I am in a tall building, a tower, or on a large bridge - even going up
ladders, no more than 5 good rungs - I become nervous. I have no idea why, and this upsets me to great ends, for I have trouble taking care of things that are in excess of twice my own
height from the ground.

ETA: I've noted that it may be that falling from these heights seems to be most unpleasant and most likely accounts for this fear.

Originally posted by AnimusInvictus
Acrophobia.
And it only gets worse if the object on which I am standing is touching or appears to touch ground.
Which is to say, I can be carted around in a plane to my hearts content, but if I am in a tall building, a tower, or on a large bridge - even going up
ladders, no more than 5 good rungs - I become nervous.
I have no idea why, and this upsets me to great ends, for I have trouble taking care of things that are in excess of twice my own height from the
ground.

It's the same with me!

Planes, no problem. Buildings no problem but I can't get close to the edge. Knees buckle and won't work. Ladders ok tho.

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